Improvement in xxyhydrogen  gas-fixtures



A. W. WILKINSON.

Oxy-Hydrogen Gas Fixtures.

Patented Feb. 6,1872.

Saw ao ASA W. WILKINSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN OXVHVDROGEN GASBFIXTURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,535, dated February6, 1872.

To all whom it may concer-n:

Beit known that I, Asn WILKINSON, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in OxyhydrogenGas-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specification, in which drawiug.-

Figure l represents a vertical central section of my invention. Fig. 2is a sectional plan or top view ot' the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the arrangement of two detached chambers, oneplaced above the other, the upper chamber being provided with a socketor nipple to receive a pipe which connects with a reservoir containinghydrogen or other combustible gas, and with a channel passing clearthrough it for the passage of a pipe which screws in a socket or on anipple of t-he lower chamber, and which connects with a reservoircontaining oxygen, each of said chambers being also provided with four(more or less) radiating-pipes, extending therefrom in pairs in such amanner that, by placing the two chambers in the center of a chandelieror gas-fixture, the pipes connecting them with the gas-reservoir can bereadily concealed in the vertical stem of the fixture, while the pipesradiating from said chambers are in a convenient position for 4theirconnection with a stop cock and burner, which I have constructed forthis purpose, and at the same time said radiating-pipes will readily beconcealed in the arms of the chandelier or gas-fixture.

In the drawing, the letters A B designate two chambers, which are, bypreference, made round and precisely of the same size and shape, so thatthey can be cast from the sa-me pat-tern. These two chambers are placedone on the top of the other, and the upper chamber A connects, by apipe, H, with a reservoir containing hydrogen or carbureted hydrogen,while the lower chamber, B, connects, by a pipe, O, with a reservoircontaining oxygen. The pipe H screws either in a socket provided in oron a nipple projecting from the chamber A, while the pipe O passesthrough a channel, a, which extends clear through the chamber A, and isconnected to the chamber B in any desirable manner--by preference, inthe same manner in which the pipe H is connected to the chamber A.

By referring to Fig'. l of the drawing, it will be seen that the chamberB is also provided with a channel, a', and, it desired, the cham ber Acan be tapped at the bottom, and a pipe run through the channel a to asecond pair of chambers, if it is desired to construct a chandelier withtwo or more series of radiatingarms one above the other. a

From the chambers A B extend the radiating-pipes O O', the pipes C otthe chamber B being situated just below and in line with the pipes O ofthe chamber A, so that the same can be connected with a stop-cock andburner of suitable construction, without difficulty. I have constructeda stop-cock and burner for this purpose; but these devices form thesubjects ot' separate applications for patents, and I will not describethem here.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The arrangement of two chambers, A B, one placed above the other, andeach ofthe chambers being provided with a series of radiatingpipes, (twoor more,) in combination with pipes O H, connected to said chamberssubstantially in the manner and for the purpose herein shown anddescribed.

A. W. WILKINSON.

VWitnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

